Psychological and Behavioral Changes in Specific Occupational Groups under Long-Term Stress
A special issue of Behavioral Sciences (ISSN 2076-328X). This special issue belongs to the section "Psychiatric, Emotional and Behavioral Disorders".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 December 2023) | Viewed by 11828
Special Issue Editors
Interests: stress and mindfulness; Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction (MBSR); mindfulness and wellbeing
Interests: occupational and health psychology; non-auditory effects of noise; occupational stress and fatigue; the psychology of the common cold and other infections; functional disorders; nutritional neuroscience
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Stress occurs regularly in life. We react to stress with autonomic changes and may respond using various coping strategies. Typically, after a period of time, stress recedes and a state of homeostasis ensues. However, long-term stress can generate an allostatic load associated with a range of psychological and behavioral changes. Specific occupational groups are more likely to experience long-term stress, leading to potentially harmful individual, interpersonal, organizational, and societal outcomes. We may not be conscious of these effects of long-term stress or, if aware, have the individual and organizational resources needed to respond effectively in ways that support health and wellbeing.
This Special Issue seeks papers that advance the scientific literature regarding long-term stress, its effects, and ways in which individuals and groups can respond effectively in order to alleviate harm and cultivate health and wellbeing. We seek empirical and/or theoretical contributions with foci that can include, but are not limited to, the relationships between occupational groups and long-term stress, health, well-being, burnout, perceptions of stress, individual coping strategies, and organizational/management responses. We welcome manuscripts that aid in understanding the changes associated with long-term stress in specific occupational groups along with evidence-based approaches for responding effectively.
Dr. Mary Helen Fagan
Prof. Dr. Andy Smith
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- long-term stress
- wellbeing
- occupational groups
- coping strategies
- burnout
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